Lombardi Lenny, Chris Hogan, and the Carson Wentz Trade
The long national nightmare is finally over. Carson Wentz is heading to the Indianapolis Colts, and while the move had been rumored for weeks, Big Cat and PFT are ready to pick through the wreckage left behind in Philadelphia. The guys aren't exactly buying the idea that the Eagles came out of this unscathed, especially considering the massive cap hit they're swallowing just to make the ginger quarterback go away.
The Eagles are the biggest losers of the Carson Wentz trade
The biggest losers being the Philadelphia Eagles, I would say. I would frame it in the context of the Eagles traded for him to draft him. Then they gave him a ton of money. Then they also gave him a ton of money and $33 million against the cap, and their franchise quarterback that they thought they had traded for and everything was hunky-dory is now gone.
While the divorce was messy, Big Cat thinks the landing spot in Indy is actually the perfect environment for a career resurrection. Reuniting with Frank Reich might be the only thing that can save whatever is left of Wentz's confidence after the disaster that was his 2020 season.
Carson Wentz can find his old self with Frank Reich in Indianapolis
The reclamation of Carson Wentz, like Frank Reich was where he had his success earlier in his career. I do think that he can—I'm not throwing him out. I'm not saying that he can't find old Carson Wentz. And the best place for him to do that is the Indianapolis Colts.
PFT pointed out that the Raiders might be the sneaky biggest losers here for refusing to move Derek Carr, while also predicting some future saltiness from Wentz when he sees who the Eagles draft with their high pick.
The Eagles will likely draft Jamar Chase and Wentz will be furious
What's also going to be funny is the Eagles, if they don't draft a quarterback in the first round, they're probably going to take a wide receiver. They're probably going to take Jamar Chase. And Carson Wentz is going to be like, what the fuck? When I was there, the best guy that we got was Ortega Whiteside.
Big Ben and Slam Diego
The QB carousel isn't just spinning in Philly. The Steelers are making some very ominous noises regarding Ben Roethlisberger's future. It turns out that having a massive cap hit for a guy who can't really throw deep anymore isn't a great team-building strategy. Big Cat isn't convinced the front office actually wants him back, while PFT envisions a scenario where Ben just keeps showing up to the facility like a sad dog even if he's cut.
The Steelers might release Big Ben and eat the cap hit rather than bringing him back
That's what they [Steelers] might end up doing is just releasing him and eating that money. And Big Ben will probably be like, you don't have to pay me. I'm just going to keep showing up to work.
In the baseball world, Fernando Tatis Jr. signed a monstrous 14-year deal to stay in San Diego. While the Padres are currently the darlings of MLB, Jake is already counting down the days until the pinstripes come calling if things don't go perfectly.
Fernando Tatis Jr. will be a Yankee in four or five years if the Padres don't win a title
Well, I mean, the Padres, they obviously were an electric team in the shortened season last year. Slam Diego? Yeah, Slam Diego. So if they don't win a title in what? The first four or five? Then he's a Yankee.
Lombardi Lenny Joins the Family
Leonard Fournette, now officially known as Lombardi Lenny, joined the show to recap his incredible Super Bowl run. He’s fully embraced the PMT family, even offering to become "Barstool Lenny" and start blogging for the site. He gave us some incredible insight into what it’s like being in a locker room with Tom Brady, noting that the GOAT’s leadership starts at 5:30 in the morning.
Tom Brady text the entire team every morning at 5:30 AM before the Super Bowl saying we will win
He was just telling us, we will win this game. You know, our hard work we're doing throughout the week, you know, he made sure that, you know, just like we all did. It'd be 5:30 of the morning before. I guess he's the first person up. You know, he leads by example.
Lenny also detailed the difference between a Bruce Arians speech and a Tom Brady speech. While Arians is great, when the man with seven rings starts talking about "honor" and the name on the back of your jersey, the entire room shifts into a different gear.
Tom Brady's pregame speech about 'honor' was more effective than Bruce Arians' speech
[Bruce Arians] gave a speech, but it wasn't the speech we needed. ... The speech we needed to hear was from Tom Brady. And his speech was about honor. ... When Tom said we're playing for honor and for the last names on our back, I think that kind of hit different for us.
7-11 is Always Open (for Lacrosse)
Chris Hogan joined the show to discuss his transition from the NFL back to his first love: Lacrosse. As a PLL draftee, Hogan is looking to prove he’s more than just a "football player who played lacrosse" storyline. He’s been training hard to get his stick skills back up to speed, though he thinks the transition is more natural than people realize.
The skills transition from lacrosse to football is effortless due to hand-eye coordination
The transition [from lacrosse to wide receiver] is like effortless because they're just the eye hand coordination, the dodging, the conditioning, the physical part of the both games, like playing receiver and then playing like midfielder attack is so similar.
Hogan also played the "who would be good at lacrosse" game with his former Patriots teammates. While some guys have the speed, Hogan thinks one specific physical freak wouldn't even need to learn the fundamentals to dominate the field.
Gronk would be an elite lacrosse player without needing stick skills
Gronk wouldn't even have to worry about stick skills. I mean, the stick would be invisible. You'd stick him on attack, and he'd be able to run through everybody.
Fyre Fest of the Week
Fyre Fest turned into a full-blown investigation after a mysterious noise was captured during a Stool Streams broadcast. Hank is convinced PFT ripped a "WAP fart" on air, while PFT is claiming total innocence due to medical-grade constipation. The tension in the office is palpable, with PFT suggesting Hank is just manufacturing "fart content" to boost his numbers.
Hank faked a fart noise on a soundboard to get more views for Stool Streams
I actually think that Hank had like a sound board in the truck, a fart board. Piped it in to get more views on his little video that he was putting out. And then he wrote like two blogs about it and he's tried to squeeze content out of it.
Billy Football ended the week by revealing his latest get-rich-quick scheme involving the Pi Network. He’s currently "mining" crypto on his phone by clicking a button once a day, and he's fully prepared for one of two outcomes.
I am either going to prison or becoming a billionaire because of Pi Network
Either I'm going to go to jail because this is all illegal, which I don't think it is, or I'm going to make a ton of money. It's speculative value. Either I'm going to go to prison or be a billionaire.
Hopefully Billy’s billionaire status comes through before the feds find out what a Pi Network actually is.

